Marta Torrejón

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Marta Torrejón
Personal information

Full name	Marta Torrejón Moya
Date of birth	(1990-02-27) 27 February 1990
Place of birth	Mataró, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Barcelona
Number	7
Youth career
1998–2001	CF Salesians
2001–2004	Espanyol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2013	RCD Espanyol
2013-	FC Barcelona
National team
	Spain U-19
2007–	Spain
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Torrejón and the second or maternal family name is Moya.

Marta Torrejón Moya (born 27 February 1990) is a Spanish football player who plays as a defender for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.^[1] Her brother is Marc Torrejón, a footballer who plays in Germany for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.^[2]

Despite her relatively young age, Torrejón has won one League and three national cups, having debuted in the Superliga Femenina at just 14 years old.

Torrejón captaining Espanyol in 2012

Torrejón made her senior Spain women's national football team debut in November 2007, a 1–0 defeat to England in Shrewsbury.^[3] Despite usually playing as a centre back, she has scored both at the 2009 Euro and 2011 World Cup qualifying stages.

In June 2013 national team coach Ignacio Quereda selected Torrejón in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.^[4] She played every minute of Spain's campaign, which ended with a 3–1 defeat to Norway in the quarter-finals.

Official international goals

2009 Euro qualification
- 1 in Spain 4-1 Czech Republic
2011 World Cup qualification
- 1 in Spain 5-1 Turkey

References

↑ RFEF
↑ Roldán, Isabel (22 October 2011). ""No acostumbran a compararme con mi hermano Marc"" ["I'm not compared to my brother Marc very often"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
↑ Roldán, Isabel (20 November 2007). "Vilas y Torrejón, nuevas caras para la Absoluta" [Vilas and Torrejón, new faces for the Absolute] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
↑ "Spain stick with tried and trusted". Uefa.com. UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

v t e FC Barcelona (women) – current squad

1 Ràfols 2 Garcia 3 Gómez 4 Unzué 5 Serrano 6 Romero 7 Férez 8 Diéguez 9 Vicky 10 Sonia 11 Marta 12 Del Pilar 13 Ashurst 14 Gili 15 Sánchez 16 Garrote 17 Robles 18 García 19 Willy 20 Putellas 21 Torrecilla 22 Čanković 23 Torrejón 24 Puiggros 25 Moreno Galadíes Coach: Llorens

v t e Spain squad – 2013 UEFA Women's European Championship

1 Tirapu 2 Torrecilla 3 Landa 4 Nicolau 5 García 6 Diéguez 7 Borja 8 Bermúdez 9 Boquete 10 Martín 11 Vilanova 12 Putellas 13 Gallardo 14 Losada 15 Meseguer 16 Calderón 17 Ibarra 18 Torrejón 19 Vázquez 20 Paredes 21 Hermoso 22 Sampedro 23 Pons Coach: Quereda

Persondata
Name	Torrejón, Marta
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	27 February 1990
Place of birth	Mataró, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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